Experience

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  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Rural Development

  • State Office in Gainesville, Florida

  • State of Florida Architect

    • Sep 2015 - Present
    • State Office in Gainesville, Florida

    "AHJ" for U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Rural Development supported projects in the State of Florida, Review and compliance verification for all community facilities, single and multi-family housing.

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  Navy Facilities ( NAVFAC ) - Dept. of the Navy

  • Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, F...

  • Sr. Architect and Project Manager

    • Dec 2012 - Sep 2015
    • Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, F...

    Providing project evaluation, design innovation, oversight and coordination for a wide variety of MILCON projects in support of the Navy and Marine Reserve facilities.

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  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  • Kandahar Air Field, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

  • Sr. Architect and Lead Architect for USACE Projects

    • Oct 2010 - Dec 2012
    • Kandahar Air Field, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

    Extensive project design & review for MILCON, USACE support facilities in addition to a wide range of Afghan Security installations for the National Army & Police forces. CERP projects include the concept design and RFP for the Shindand Regional Hospital Complex, Herat College Women's...

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  NORR-Architects-Engineers-Planners-LLC

  • Architect of Record - Sr. Project Architect

    • Mar 2008 - Jul 2009

    Served as Architect of Record for all Florida projects. Led architectural staff of a satellite office in Tampa, Florida.

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  Design Team West Inc.

  • Sr. Project Administrator - Sr. Project Architect

    • Oct 1996 - Feb 2008

    Managed half a dozen subcontracted architectural firms throughout the United States. Provided coordination of all engineers and consultants for project design and management through construction administration.

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  Bessolo Design Group Inc.

  • Director of Architecture - Project Architect & Manager

    • Sep 1995 - Oct 1996

    Provided management and supervision of all architectural staff as well as supervision and coordination of engineering staff of sister company on all common projects. Responsible for design of all projects from concept sketches, programming, schematic design, design development, creation of constr...

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  George Palermo Architect Inc.

  • Architect of Record - Project Architect & Manager

    • Nov 1991 - Sep 1995

    Architect of Record for all assigned projects providing supervision, design and management on a variety of project types. Extensive work in Coastal Construction Zones and F.E.M.A. Flood Plain Zones. Director of Facilities Management Services including: interior space planning,tenant build-out des...

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  HOK Inc. - Tampa, Florida

  • Project Architect & Manager

    • Jun 1987 - Apr 1991

    Project Architect and Project Manager for Criminal Justice projects and Tenant Build-Out/Commercial Interiors projects. Extensive Construction Administration experience in large complex multi-million dollar Convention Centers, Corporate Headquarters, University Medical Research Laboratory Facilit...

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  Stewart Corporation Architects

  • Construction Administrator - Project Architect

    • Oct 1985 - Jun 1987

    Extensive experience in the Design and Construction Administration of Tampa International Airport renovation and expansion of the main land side terminal. Training in CAD ( computer aided drafting ) on Intergraph system in 2D, 3D and BIM ( building information modeling ).